Anyone purchase something from a childhood memory?

[Nostalgiabuff]

It's so cool to watch a DVD of something that you haven't seen since you were a kid and it's still cool!

very true but unfortunately they are few and far between.

[generic]

Yeah, I know, everyone here is probably sick of seeing this picture, but here it is anyway...

Well, I hadn't see the photo before and I think it's cool that you posted it!

...Also have picked up movies/tv shows that I remember being so cool when I was little and then watching as an adult find myself sorely disappointed.

Yep, I've been there! But some of them hold up. It's so cool to watch a DVD of something that you haven't seen since you were a kid and it's still cool!

[livnxxxl]

Oh yea. A couple of years ago I bought an illuminated blow-mold haunted house Halloween decoration at a flea market. We had the green one when I was growing up. But this one was orange. I only bought it since I still had the green one and now have a pair.

Those blow molded decorations from our era has really went up in price have they not? Kind of like the old aluminum Christmas trees that shot up in value.

[ScottA]

Oh yea. A couple of years ago I bought an illuminated blow-mold haunted house Halloween decoration at a flea market. We had the green one when I was growing up. But this one was orange. I only bought it since I still had the green one and now have a pair.

[megoapesnut]

How's the gas tank holding up?
My dad had a '78 Rallye Pinto all tricked out from the factory. Must have been a collector's item since Ford contacted him wanting to buy it back. Never did sell but later years he was stolen and trashed. :(

The gas tank debacle was fixed in '76, so I am safe.

[Nostalgiabuff]

I have bought lots of toys I really wnated to have but never did as a kid. Also have picked up movies/tv shows that I remember being so cool when I was little and then watching as an adult find myself sorely disappointed.

[palitoy]

Same here. For some reason I am some what attracted to finding things that I had or did not have in the 70's.

Story of my life, I'm currently writing a blog piece about a beach towel.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

I have bought lots of toys I wanted but couldn't have as a kid.

[johnmiic]

Man, my apartment is full of stuff I had or never got to have as a kid. Some of which I'll probably put in marketplace in a week or so because I'm tired of moving it from apartment to apartment all the time.

I really wanted a De Lorean for a car. Came close in 2002 to buying one in great condition from a guy in Fla for 10,500.00. I couldn't get down there to seal the deal tho. I couldn't see trying to justify to my Dad that I would go down and get it when my Mom was sick that year and things looked bad. My Mom did pass away that fall. It seemed like a heartless idea; to do to be drivin' around in an cool exotic car enjoying yourself when one of your parents just died. That would be disrespectful to Mom. I let go of the idea after 2002 and bought a used Honda instead.

[SeattleEd]

"Anyone purchase something from a childhood memory?"

For me a 1973 Mini Cooper that went to my second ex wife, a Rickenbacker 4005 Semi-Hollowbody bass and a black bat kite with the big eyes.

[SeattleEd]

How's the gas tank holding up?
My dad had a '78 Rallye Pinto all tricked out from the factory. Must have been a collector's item since Ford contacted him wanting to buy it back. Never did sell but later years he was stolen and trashed. :(

Well, I don't know if 16 counts as childhood but...

My first two cars that I owned were Pintos and I cried when the second one died as I loved that car. I had it all fixed up with mag wheels, wide tires, and lots of other stuff. I had been looking for another for MANY years and finally snagged one a couple of years ago. I had to snaz it up to make it look more like my childhood Pinto, but the result was worth it. Yeah, I know, everyone here is probably sick of seeing this picture, but here it is anyway...

http://www.megocipsa.com/ftpimages/pinto.jpg

[livnxxxl]

For graduation I received a brand spanking new 1989 Iroc. I loved that car as it had sentimental value. Too bad I was side swiped a couple of years later in it by some arse in an 18 wheeler and the car was totaled.

Every since then I vowed that I would buy another one just like it some day when I find one like it in very minty condition. With the other nicer cars that I own now it has not been real high on my to do list, but I will eventually get around to finding/looking for one again in the near future. Just because I want one and it reminds me of back in the day.

[JimCem99]

Richard Scarry books & toys for me to give to my children (when I have them).

Also bought a '66 Mustang as my sister's boyfriend, when I was 10, had 2 of them. Bad idea for me though, ah well - live and learn.

[megoapesnut]

Well, I don't know if 16 counts as childhood but...

My first two cars that I owned were Pintos and I cried when the second one died as I loved that car. I had it all fixed up with mag wheels, wide tires, and lots of other stuff. I had been looking for another for MANY years and finally snagged one a couple of years ago. I had to snaz it up to make it look more like my childhood Pinto, but the result was worth it. Yeah, I know, everyone here is probably sick of seeing this picture, but here it is anyway...

[Adam West]

'77 Trans Am

Ever since I seen Smokey and the Bandit new in the theatre I said to myself someday I will own a Trans Am just like the Bandit's.

In the early 90's I made my dream come true.
Only problem was I found myself constantly having it fixed so I eventually let it go.

But, for a little while I was in heaven

I have always wanted to own a Corvette Sting-Ray ever since I was about 7 or 8. Unfortunately, I have not purchased one (at least not yet). Family is still young and I haven't hid mid-life crisis yet.

I also bought some aluminum cups that I used to drink from when I was a kid and always liked and found them at a yard sale.